n.
1) to come down with, contract a ~
2) to carry; spread (a) ~
3) to cure; prevent (a) ~
4) to eradicate, stamp out, wipe out (a) ~; to bring a ~ under control
5) an acute; common; deadly; degenerative; fatal, terminal; incurable, untreatable; lingering; mild; protracted; rare; serious ~
6) an acquired; chronic; communicable, contagious, infectious; congenital; mental; occupational; sexually transmitted, social, venereal; skin; tropical ~
7) Addison's; Alzheimer's; caisson; foot-and-mouth; heart; Hodgkin's; Legionnaire's ~
8) a ~ spreads
9) the outbreak of a ~